Vocabulary Form
μόνος, -η, -ον
Definition

alone, only

Erasmian
Modern
Root
μονο
Frequency
114
GK
3668
Cognates

A monogamous marriage is a marriage in which a person has only one spouse.

Mnemonics

You can't get mono alone!

It's monotonous being alone and speaking only in monosyllables.

Mnemonic Singing

Sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.

Song
Notes

All adjectives can function adverbially. This word does so quite often, usually as an accusative neuter (μόνον).

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 4:4 But he replied, “Man does not live on bread alone (monō | μόνῳ | dat sg masc), but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it stands written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.’” (monō | μόνῳ | dat sg masc)
Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but for the priests alone (monois | μόνοις | dat pl masc)?
Matthew 14:23 And after sending the crowds away, he went up on the mountainside by himself to pray; and when evening came, he was there alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc).
Matthew 17:8 And when they raised their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone (monon | μόνον | adverb).
Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins, go and point out his fault when the two of you are alone (monou | μόνου | gen sg masc). If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, but the Father only (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc).
Mark 4:10 When he was alone, (monas | μόνας | acc pl fem) asked about him those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Mark 6:47 When evening had come, the boat was in the middle of the lake and he was alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc) on the land.
Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
Mark 9:8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone, but only (monon | μόνον | adverb) Jesus with them.
Luke 4:4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” (monō | μόνῳ | dat sg masc)
Luke 4:8 But Jesus answered, him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only (monō | μόνῳ | dat sg masc) shall you serve.’”
Luke 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to ponder, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?” (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc)
Luke 6:4 how he entered the house of God, and taking the Bread of the Presence, he ate it and gave some to those with him — which is not lawful for (monous | μόνους | acc pl masc) any (monous | μόνους | acc pl masc) but the priests to eat?”
Luke 9:18 Now it happened that as he was praying by himself (monas | μόνας | acc pl fem), the disciples were near him. He asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
Luke 9:36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found to be alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc). And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
Luke 10:40 But Martha was distracted by a lot of preparation. She burst in and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself (monēn | μόνην | acc sg fem)? Tell her then to help me.”
Luke 24:12
Luke 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, him, saying “Are you the only (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc) visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
John 5:44 How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another but do not seek the praise that comes from the only (monou | μόνου | gen sg masc) God?
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again up the mountainside alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc).
John 6:22 On the next day the crowd was standing on the other side of the lake. They knew that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gotten into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had left without (monoi | μόνοι | nom pl masc) him.
John 8:9 At this, those who had heard began to leave one by one, starting with the oldest; and Jesus alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc) was left, with the woman standing before him.
John 8:16 But even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone (monos | μόνος | nom sg masc) who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.